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I use 1x43" 4K and 2x24" HD. I love it. Not sure what you mean by 'standard screen'. r.

I never understood that statement. I guess it's a way to see the trading business. It's not mine. I don't feel I'm competing against anyone. I do my trades and the big boys that are better capitalized and have better systems and information than me are doing their own. When I'm losing money it's...

Slippage depends a lot on the size you're trading and the market volume and the market speed (slow market vs fast market). If you're trading 1 contract vs 50 contracts at a time, the slippage will not be the same. It also depends on speed, meaning the time it takes for your order to hit the...

When there is something wrong and I cannot access my system, I just cannot trade. I'm not a discretionary trader, so I cannot trade manual.

It's also very be possible that your backtest results were overfitted. You not only need to backtest, but you also need to forward test (in real time if possible) before going live. This is where demo/paper trading helps a lot. It's too easy to overfit a system while backtesting.

It depends what you mean by 'fully unattended'. I don't think any system can be fully 'unattended', meaning that you can let it run for month without any intervention. Personally, I don't need to be in front of the screen at all. At the minimum, just check one notification email per day, and...

Same here. I just opened an additional account with them and it took 1 full week to get permissioned to trade future. I had to chat with their help desk to have the problem solved. I would suggest you to do the same: just open a chat and wait for someone to be available. Just be patient.

Again, same here. My system is always up and running, even when I'm on vacation. I'm receiving alerts and notifications and I can login anytime from anywhere (with respect to have Internet access) to fix any problem, if any. And of course, I have automatic risk management rules in place all the...

I totally agree with ElTrado. I did the same. Started in 2009 by automating the signal/model first. 2 years later I automated the order/risk management part. It's running just fine since then. It just needs one manual intervention per week, to restart the IB Gateway on Monday mornings.

TANSTAAFL...

For the past 12 years I was using 3 x 24" HD screen. I just replaced one of my 24" with a 43" 4K. Very good decision.

I think you misunderstood me, or I wasn't clear enough. I was just citing people when they say that this and that doesn't work. I will try to be more direct and clear next time.

Please, precise your question. What best means for you?

Guys saying that this and that doesn't work is because they haven't been able to use them successfully. Indicators and TA don't work. Neural network and MLP don't work. Price action doesn't work. Fibonacci doesn't work. They are only tools. An hammer doesn't work if you don't know how to use...

You're trading micros don't you...:D

Seems that this thread is about how low tech a guy can go to trade.

Success in trading is defined as making money, not by making the maximum amount that it is possible to make. The market is a big ocean of money. We just need to take a small amount of it at regular interval. To many times, guys are saying 'I should of..' because they let money on the table...

1.6k$ account to trade the ES???? You just need to go pee and get back for you account to be wiped out (especially doing manual trading). Well, you need either big balls, or stupidity, or a bit of both. Anyhow, I wish you good luck, cause you'll need it!!!

The vol is doing good lately. And this is a good sign for day traders. If you can make mony in a low vol market, you'll just be able to do even more when the vol is rising. I love those types of market....

If everybody hates them, why/how do they make money? GME on the other hand, is losing tons of money. If you want to short IB, go for it!